we just released a new version of director (8.5) not too long ago. thus the release cycles are not in sync. you will be hearing more about director in the coming months (including an updated flash mx extra for director).
mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Haggerty, Michael A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:14 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: a little about the future > > > Something odd I noticed... there is no mention of Director MX. > > For those of us familiar enough with Flash and Director, one > of the traditional reasons for choosing Director was the > ability to include dyna mic content, i.e. things like images > not contained in the movie itself. > > Ummm... anyone from Macromedia care to comment on what is > going on with Flash's big brother? > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Alton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:13 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: a little about the future > > > I'm excited about Flash MX and CF MX. I'm the Flash > evangelist over at CF Dev and what I love the most about > Flash is the possibilty of building forms with advanced state > management and validation capabilities in a fraction > of > the time it takes to do the same thing with other technologies. > > These forms require less code, are cross-browser compatible > and easily scalable (clustered servers). They're > object-oriented forms and the probl em has been that it is > very difficult to do the first time. > > I'm guessing that Flash MX/CF MX will make this development > much easier a nd therefore strengthen CF. > > And Flash and Neo..... Don't get me started! > > Greg Alton > CFDev > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Dowdell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 5:40 PM > Subject: RE: a little about the future > > > > At 8:22 AM 3/4/2, Angel Stewart wrote: > > > I don't like how they seem to have CF MX as errr > 'supporting' Flash > > > MX.. *folds arms and pouts* The whole thing was about Flash MX > > > basically. *taps foot and pouts some more* > > > > Other folks had the info, if that helps. As Mike noted, text-based > > functionality is certainly stronger than before, and the > smarter front > end > > doesn't detract from that. > > > > I've been thinking of this aspect: ColdFusion was one of > the first to > break > > away from stateless viewing sessions, by remembering things > about the > > visitor on the server end of things. Now it has a stateless partner > > rig > ht > > in the client... there's no need to toss the page after > each visitor > > interaction. > > > > These "rich web applications" with client-side processing are a > > logical extension of the previous type of web applications. > > > > ColdFusion didn't make regular static web servers obsolete... both > > expanded. A smart client won't make ColdFusions text-based > generation > > obsolete either... just adds another tool to your toolbox. > > > > > > At 9:22 AM 3/4/2, Bryan Stevenson wrote: > > > I've been dangling CF/Flash teasers in fornt of some > local companies > > > and they are flipping out about the potential. So I guess we as > > > developers could throw our opinions at this latest announcement > > > until our fingers are red and raw or we could be happy that the > > > folks that pay us to build applications like the idea ;-) > > > > It's great to hear you've been getting nibbles on this, > even at this > > ea > rly > > stage. I hope it goes well for you, and please nudge us along with > > course-corrections as you see them, thanks: > > http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/ > > > > (The list here is fine for nudging too, for sure, but the wishform > > gets requests directly logged for whichever development team you > > wish.) > > > > jd > > > > > > > > > > > > John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US Search > > technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ > > Offlist email risks capture by the spam filters. I may not see your > > email if it's not on the list. Private one-on-one email options are > > available via Priority Access: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
